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Refrigerants: from CFCs to natural fluids?

Author(s) : HALOZAN H.

Summary

According to regulations, CFCs are banned and soon HCFCs will be too. The choice is between HFCs and old well-known refrigerants such as CO2, NH3, water, air or hydrocarbons. The paper investigates the benefits and drawbacks of these fluids, that are toxic or flammable or not very easy to use, and concludes that the most important issue is to reduce the drive energy, which can only be the result of technology development and correct design of systems.

Details

Original title: Refrigerants: from CFCs to natural fluids?
Record ID : 2002-1716
Languages: English
Subject: Environment
Source: Compressors 2001: 4th international conference on compressors and coolants. The almanac of proceedings of the conference.
Publication date: 2001/09/26
Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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Indexing

Themes: CFCs;
Ammonia;
CO2;
Hydrocarbons
Keywords: CFC; Ammonia; Air; Substitute; Hydrocarbon; Environment; Refrigerant; Water; CO2